mayora

Spanish

Etymology

From mayor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝoɾa/ [maˈʝo.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝoɾa/ [maˈʝo.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃoɾa/ [maˈʃo.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒoɾa/ [maˈʒo.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ra

Noun

mayora f (plural mayoras)

1. (Mexico) an elderly female cook, who may work in a commercial kitchen but typically does not have formal training

See also

• cocinera f

 

Further reading

• “mayora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English mayor with semantic loan from English mayoress, influenced in spelling by loanwords like doktor~doktora or pastor~pastora.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈjoɾa/ [mɐˈjoː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ra

Noun

mayora (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ)

1. (colloquial) mayoress of a city or municipality/town

   Synonym: alkaldesa

   Coordinate term: mayor

Related terms

• yorme

 

Further reading

• “mayora” in Tagalog.com.